Yet to Sessions, it was just a matter of respect for the rule of law. Sen. John McCain of Arizona said Trump was taking "the wrong approach", and he added: "The federal government has a responsibility to defend and secure our borders, but we must do so in a way that upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation".

Fire officials say an OR wildfire in the scenic Columbia River Gorge has grown to almost 16 square miles and is threatening homes. Trucks heading westbound are being detoured off the highway at The Dalles. Residents of about 400 homes have been forced to evacuate, while others have been warned to get ready. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office...

He said Irma's estimated winds of over 180 miles per hour could be "beyond detrimental" to the area. He declared a state of emergency in Florida after a Monday advisory update. NHC said it's too early to determine Irma's direct impacts on the continental United States , other than an increasing chance it could affect the Florida Penins...

Quinten Dormady has some big shoes to fill this season at Tennessee. They got the gutsiest, record-setting performance by a first-time starter at quarterback in school history. Aaron Medley's PAT tied the game at 7-7 with 8:11 to go in the second quarter. And, if not for the second of two fumbles that denied Tech its due, this could have been o...

The energy released in the natural disaster caused by the blast was five to six times more than its previous detonation, in September past year, experts in Seoul said. Trump's administration is now pursuing what it calls a strategy of "peaceful pressure" to get North Korea to bring its nuclear weapons program to the negotiating table.

Under third-generation leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has been pursuing a nuclear device small and light enough to fit on a long-range ballistic missile, without affecting its range and making it capable of surviving re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

The Spanish club are banned from registering new players before January and have so far offered only half what Chelsea want for the striker. Atletico Madrid remain confident of sealing a deal for castaway Diego Costa in the next month - but the Spanish club will encourage the striker to make his peace with Chelsea and help the transfer ov...

On Saturday Mr Johnson sent a message to Ms Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her pro-democracy activism, to use "all her remarkable qualities" to end the violence. "I have repeatedly condemned this tragic and shameful treatment. We have to keep our children safe from being sick", said Amena Begum, a newly arrived mother of five.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that "BRICS Plus" leaders have agreed on deepening South-South cooperation, fostering the "BRICS Plus" approach, and building extensive partnerships. "Though we are far away from each other geographically, common dreams and pursuit have made us good friends and partners", the meeting's host, Xi, told atten...

The U.S. and South Korean militaries conducted live-fire bombing exercises in South Korea on Thursday, an act later called "rash" by North Korea's state-run news agency. In July, the US and South Korean militaries also fired missiles into South Korean waters. The 15-member U.N. Security Council on Tuesday condemned the firing of the missile ove...

Odinga had claimed the country's election commission's IT system had been hacked to manipulate the election results. (SOUNDBITE) (English) OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, RAILA ODINGA , SAYING: "We have no faith at all in the electoral commission as now constituted".

Election results announced last month showed President Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected with 54 percent of the vote, 1.4 million more votes than opposition candidate Raila Odinga . However, President Uhuru Kenyatta has lashed out at the judges, saying that "six people have decided they will go against the will of the people".

The fate of the IEBC seems to be shaping up as the key battle between Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga in the rerun presidential election that needs to take place by October 31. That will require an overhaul of the election commission, whose integrity came into question even before Friday's ruling. The vote was widely praised by glob...

Schulz - who left his position as president of the European Parliament in January to run for chancellor - called Merkel's open-door refugee policy a "serious mistake", arguing she should have cooperated with European allies instead. A survey by Infratest Dimap for ARD television showed her overall performance was viewed as more convincing by 55 %,...

Merkel called for cooperation with Turkey, Libya, Niger and other countries in solving refugee and immigration issues, and in the meantime opening channels for legal immigration. In Germany, the debate format is different. On the hot-button topic of migration, he accused Merkel of failing to coordinate plans with European Union neighbours when sh...

Scrapping the deal would also have profound geopolitical implications in the region, said Mr Michael Green, an Asia expert at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies who oversaw issues on the Korean Peninsula during the administration of former president George W Bush.

She was later released and was not charged. He was brought to the hospital burns unit after a crash with a vehicle being driven by someone who was fleeing from the police, Reuters reported . ABC News' reached out to the Salt Lake Police Association, the union representing Payne, but has yet to receive a response. Wubbels, 41, is a former Olympic...

Barnier was speaking at a tense press conference alongside the UK's Brexit Minister David Davis at the end of the third round of EU-UK negotiations in Brussels in the headquarters of the European Commission. The Mail on Sunday understands that the Prime Minister has been advised that Britain is likely to have to fork out up to €50 billion - £46 bil...

The evacuation is set to last two hours, the police said. A police auto next to a blue tent covering a British World War II bomb in Frankfurt . Museums were offering residents free entry today, and many hotels offered discounts. A steady flow of people filed into a temporary shelter at Frankfurt's trade fair site, with bananas and be...

Meteorologist Ashley Baylor wrote Friday in her weather blog that 90 percent of hurricanes that form in Irma's location do not make landfall in the United States. Irma was located about 3,000 miles southeast of Miami on Thursday, and moving west at about 12 miles per hour. Feltgen further said the storm was too far away to predict whether...

In an address at the opening session of the BRICS Business Forum on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the global economy is "still not healthy enough" and that economic globalisation is facing many uncertainties. On Sunday, Xi said: "The Chinese government will continue to encourage Chinese companies to operate and take root in other co...

Investigators said he admitted to elements of the crime, while Philadelphia police say he will be charged with murder . Police tell FOX 29 they did send cadaver dogs into the home, but did not say whether or not it was related to the search for Burleigh.

The BRICS summit this time is taking place in Xiamen , China on September 3. "I will end my visit in Yangon, where I look forward to visiting various historical spots that symbolise the shared heritage of India and Myanmar". "This serves the common interest of all parties". In assessing the performance of BRICS cooperation, it is important...

Pyongyang has today claimed it has successfully conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb meant to be loaded into an intercontinental ballistic missile . Yet North Korea has continued to make aggressive military actions and tests, including firing a missile over Japan just earlier this week.

Service at the pipeline's fuel loading and pumping stations in Houston, Pasadena and Cedar Bayou, Texas, have been interrupted. Storage tanks at the Colonial Pipeline Co. Two of Valero Energy Corp.'s Gulf Coast refineries kept operating throughout the storm, churning out gasoline. However, some refineries that shut last week said they would resta...

Investigators said Mauricio Venzor-Gonzalez forced his ex-girlfriend and their son at gunpoint from a home near Commerce City and into his auto. 26 year old Samantha Adams and her baby were kidnapped at gunpoint Thursday morning in Adams County, allegedly by her boyfriend 22 year old Mauricio Gonzalez.

Trump's lawyers insisted the president has the constitutional right to fire the Federal Bureau of Investigation director for any reason and that Mueller was an admitted leaker, the Wall Street Journal reports . Comey refused to publicly say that Mr. Trump himself was not under investigation, something Mr. Comey had told the president privately. Th...

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reassure Japanese business leaders about Brexit on Thursday, saying she is laying the foundation to take the bilateral trade and investment relationship to "a whole new level" as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that contracts have been awarded for concrete prototypes of the Border Wall. The agency will make a decision on the "other materials" Request for Proposal in the next week.

Rahangdale. He said 14 people were injured and were taken to nearby hospitals. Nine families were living in the old Arsiwala Building on Maulana Shaukat Ali Road in the busy marketplace. The building was also among 791 buildings that the city's municipal corporation has listed as risky this year. "I will also tell the chief minister about using...

Forcing the issue is the fact that attorneys general in 10 states threatened to sue the government unless the Trump administration starts to dismantle the program by September 5 . "These changes would not only negatively impact thousands of hardworking people across the United States, but will be a step backwards for our entire nation".

One of the people familiar with progress on the case said both Mueller's and Schneiderman's teams have collected evidence on financial crimes, including potential money laundering. Akhmetshin, a former Soviet military officer who served in a counterintelligence unit, is also a well-known Washington lobbyist. Mueller joining his efforts with a st...

Fuel prices were expected to keep rising as refining capacity remains down and pipelines run short. Suppliers in Chicago were trying to secure supplies after the Explorer Pipeline, which typically carries about 350,000 barrels a day (bpd) to the region, shut down .